Is "Nalbandian" a common Argentinian surname? It certainly sounds different than the other Argentinian names on tour and I remember somebody here saying that it is Armenian because David has Armenian heritage. The only reason I ask is because on one of my favorite two shows they used Jose (or something along those lines) Nalbandian" as a "generic Argentinian name" but if it's not actually a common name, then perhaps the writers of the show follow tennis and know of/like David and thus they thought that it was common... you know? Call it a stretch, but I'd find it exciting and I was curious anyway.
I think most of surnames with -ian ar Armenian.
and I don't think there is any Argentinian surname, I have an Italian surname, but most surnames are Spanish (I think)
It is a very rare name. As a matter of fact, a search or "Nalbandian" in the directory will return totally 30 hits (in a country with 40 million people). No common but pretty popular, I guess
Regarding surnames here... well, there are a lot of Spanish surnames, because of our history, but there are also lots from Italian, German, some Polish even and plenty of others. We are a country that was created by immigrants mainly, European immigrants, so you can find anything, really.
Regarding surnames here... well, there are a lot of Spanish surnames, because of our history, but there are also lots from Italian, German, some Polish even and plenty of others. We are a country that was created by immigrants mainly, European immigrants, so you can find anything, really.
I mean in porteño land everyone virtually has some Italian in them and my South American friends joke about this all the time. I rememeber I was asked about the descent about some of the players.
Obviously guys like Brzezicki are Polish, Hartfield are English and Guzman is Jewish, then are ones like Calleri's old coach Yunis who is an Arab.
When I was at the Davis Cup I met this Japanese girl who was an Argentine and I know there are plenty of Japanese in Sao Paulo, but there quite a lot of Koreans and Japanese in Argentina I believe.
Yes, it is an interesting one plenty of Croatians as well and the tournament director of Buenos Aires Martin Jaite is Jewish.
When I was at the Davis Cup I met this Japanese girl who was an Argentine and I know there are plenty of Japanese in Sao Paulo, but there quite a lot of Koreans and Japanese in Argentina I believe.
Yes, it is an interesting one plenty of Croatians as well and the tournament director of Buenos Aires Martin Jaite is Jewish.
Guzman Jewish? Are you sure about that? It could be, it is a typical Spanish name though. I know there are Jews who adopted a Spanish surname, but they are spelled slightly different than the original name (Peres instead of Pérez, for instance).
Guzman Jewish? Are you sure about that? It could be, it is a typical Spanish name though. I know there are Jews who adopted a Spanish surname, but they are spelled slightly different than the original name (Peres instead of Pérez, for instance).
Martin Jaite is Jewish, Erlich and Ram are Jewish one from Uruguay and the other Argentine and I could be wrong about Guzman being Jewish, but I think he is.
Some people might know this, but others wouldn't.
Zabaleta is of Basque origin as is the greatly named Ines Gorrochategui.
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